Authorities say it was torched Tuesday night by two unidentified men who fled in a pickup truck.

The sign didn't burn, but its steel support beams were charred.

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation has objected since 2011 to the "Keep Christ in Christmas" banner that is put up in Pitman, N.J., each year, saying it should not be on public property or hung by town firefighters. Members of the community came together then to display bumper stickers and signs with the "Keep Christ in Christmas" message

FFRF Co-president Dan Barker tells the Courier-Post the banner show “favoritism to Christianity while censoring nonbelievers.”